Kopac 1972.
In the following study (Kopac, 1972), White wins by combining pawn promotion with mating threats.
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Category: Theme of the Month
Kopac 1966.
It’s time for the February Theme of the Month. This month we will look at minor piece endgames with passed pawns. There are several techniques, strategies, motifs and even some beautiful combinations employed to exploit the power of the passed pawn. Some of them will occur in your tournament practice for sure. The first […]
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Lolli 1763. – 2P vs 3P
Giambattista Lolli has a few pawn endgames in his collection. This one is not too complicated, White to move wins. Lolli has demonstrated some pawn endgames principles
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Lolli 1763. – queen vs c2 pawn
Here is another position that is well-known today. Lolli showed the winning technique in 1763.
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Lolli 1763. – Protected passed pawn
This month we will look at some endgame positions by Giambattista Lolli. The Italian master has published his famous book back in 1763! Lolli has analyzed this position in his Osservazioni. White must sacrifice his f-pawn to make progress. He has to capture the black pawn and easily win with his king on the […]
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Giambattista Lolli
Giambattista Lolli (full name: Giovanni Battista Lolli) was Italian chess player, one of the best players and theoreticians of the 18th century. Several opening lines, as well as endgame positions, bear his name. Born in Nonantola, 1698. he belonged to Modenese school of chess, together with Domenico Ponziani and Ercole del Rio. The three […]
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Guy 1938.
The solution should be simple when we know the drawing setup for a knight. White to move and draw. A 1938. study by Richard Guy. White has achieved basic drawing position as in example N-269.
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Knight versus Pawn Endings – test your knowledge
Test your knowledge of endgame positions Knight vs Pawn with this simple quiz!
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Knight against Pawn, Cheron 1927.
A. Cheron’s study from 1927. contains some cooks. We will look at it anyway in order to repeat the drawing method. The drawing method and the knight’s barriers are already explained in examples N-261, N-268 and N-269. Black king must lose time by going around […]
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Blatter, A. & Haefele, H. 1944.
Amusing and not too complicated study (Blatter, A. & Haefele, H. 1944.) with a little good-to-know trick.
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